2020年1月4日托福阅读真题+题目+答案：megalopolis

2020年1月4日托福阅读真题+题目+答案：megalopolis

In the United States, a giant, highly urbanized area stretches in a 500-mile-long band along the East Coast and includes many financial centers. "Megalopolis” is the name for this band of urbanization, applied by the French geographer Jean Gottman. It begins with Boston，Massachusetts, on the New England coast and stretches south and west across portions of ten states, through New York City, Philadelphia,and Baltimore, terminating south of Washington, D.C. Megalopolis encompasses not only these five cities but many other adjacent, smaller cities. It covers less than 2 percent of the area of the United States, yet contains nearly 20 percent of its population.

Gottman’s first main insight was that this vast urban area was not a single very large city. Rather, Megalopolis is composed of multiple independent urban nodes (heavily populated areas with a high concentration of activity),whose outer fringes have grown together. There is no center, no centralized network of services, no shared governmental institutions. In fact,the region crosses tens of thousands of administrative units, from national to local. The one common experience shared by its residents is urbanness— including high overall population densities that intensify toward city interiors. Its residents。。。。。。。余下托福阅读真题省略！

1.The word "terminating" in the passage is closest in meaning to

A continuing

B getting wider

C changing course

D ending

2.According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true of Megalopolis EXCEPT:

A It is densely populated.

B It has a large number of centers of finance.

C It is the name given to the small cities along the East Coast of the United States.

D It covers only a small part of the land area of the United States.

3.The discussion of Gottman's view in paragraph 2 suggests which of the following about the governing of Megalopolis?

A Thousands of local administrative units share certain government services.

B The people of Megalopolis are governed by their local governmental authorities.

C Local areas are administered directly by the national government.

D The largest cities provide a centralized administration of the people living in the cities1 outer fringes.

。。。。。余下托福阅读真题题目省略！

2020年1月4日托福阅读真题+题目+答案：megalopolis，完整版下载，10元有偿！